Arabic Journalism Observatory
A new initiative of the European Journalism Observatory in partnership with the Media Development Centre in Tunisia, the new AJO will focus on Arab nations, providing a portal to news, research and resources on the media and journalism standards in these regions. This will include coverage of media industry, media industry, press freedom, censorship. The site […]
Digital Wildfire
This interesting ESRC-funded project is examining (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance in the digital world. It is being funded November 2014-November 2016 so some full-text papers are now being added to the website. Topics covered include case studies of digital wildfires when things go viral, ethical and regulatory questions and security and policing. The latter […]
Social Media and the Olympics
A great example of the use of Instagram to highlight street art in Rio. See the English explanation from the Rio Times or try the Portuguese Instawalk rio See the most talked about things with data from the Facebook and Instagram blog. Twitter data has lots of interesting infographics with initial data on talked about […]
Where does the UK rank on Digital Development?
Download the Digital index from Barclays to find out more. Based on a survey of 10,000 working adults in 10 countries, it enables a cross national comparison of skills levels and confidence. The six categories examined were: researching and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating, protecting data and devices, content creation and coding, solving problems and […]
UK European Union Referendum web archive
A web archive created by UCLA and hosted by Archive.it has harvested snapshots of 46 key websites taken during the period of the UK European Union membership referendum from 11 May-20th June. They include official UK government sources, Remain and Leave campaigns. It is possible to browse or conduct a keyword search. Each entry has […]
Identities: Understanding Islam in a Cross-Cultural Context
Useful online project and exhibition space created in collaboration by the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (Kennesaw State University) and the Ben M’Sik Community Museum (Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco) which seeks to explore the identities and experiences of Muslims living in the U.S. South as well as Moroccan Muslims in the largely immigrant […]
Media Pluralism Monitor 2015 launched
The Media Pluralism Monitor is conducted by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom. It aims to measure legal, economic and socio-cultural risks to media pluralism in EU nations. It is therefore a useful measure of the extent of media freedom. Topics covered include: media ownership, political independence of the media and social inclusiveness. […]
New Social Science open access archive launched
SocArXiv , being developed in association with Center for Open Science and an international research body of advisors will provide free open access to social science research papers . A temporary home allows researchers to search and browse the pre prints which have already been loaded.
Telefónica Index on Digital Life
This new global survey examines progress towards digital life in 34 nations worldwide. The 3 key areas covered are: Digital Confidence (how readily and confidently individuals and organisations engage with the country’s digital infrastructure); Digital Openness (digital infrastructure facilitates open access to information) ; Digital Entrepreneurship (how readily citizens and organisations are able to innovate […]
Britain’s relationship with the EU on film
British Pathe films on Britain’s relationship with the EU including negotiations to join the Common Market.
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